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By Nicolae Stefanuta “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth, but not the mineral rights,” oil industrialist John Paul Getty reportedly proclaimed. The combination of resource wealth and dubious public policy is at play these days in Romania, the site of Europe’s largest...

A number of protests have taken place in Romania over a planned mining project at Rosia Montana in the north of the country. Simona Manea argues that the EU should take a more active role in the debate, particularly given its attempts to lead efforts to implement...

Romania’s National Council for Audio Visual (CNA), whose job it is to ensure that TV and radio stations operate in an environment of free speech, responsibility and competitiveness have decided today to terminate adverts by Rosia Montana Gold Corporation (RMCG) from all media channels, deeming...

Treason – black on white An article by Cornel Vilcu, translated in English by Irina Turcu There is no doubt about it: Romania is a colony, a source of cheap workforce and raw materials for whoever can give a joint interest to its politicians. One...

Raluca Dan That is how I could name the most recent action of the Romanian Government regarding Rosia Montana case. Since Tuesday, August, 27th, people tremble with worry and fury, but in the same time with confusion, because of the numerous political decisions of the...

From Romania-Insider.Com The much debated and so far controversial investment in the Rosia Montana gold mining project has been included in the Romanian Government’s investment plan and negotiations for the gold mining project investment should be finalized by September. “We would like to advance with...

From: European Student Think Tank In a poten­tially game-changing decision, Europa Nos­tra, the lead­ing European her­it­age organ­iz­a­tion, along­side the European Invest­ment Bank Insti­tute, selec­ted Rosia Montana as one of the “7 Most Endangered Land­marks” in Europe out of 42 can­did­ates from 21 dif­fer­ent coun­tries....

The Save Rosia Montana campaign has teamed up with SCI to bring in international volunteers to Rosia Montana for their “Adopt-a-House” program, a cultural program that seeks to protect the heritage of Rosia Montana through the preservation of historical buildings. The two week project is...

It’s an interesting commentary on my work here on this website that for nearly three years I’ve written about everything Romanian from the smallest thing to the biggest thing and yet I’ve never once mentioned Rosia Montana and yet no one has ever asked me...

From ACTMEDIA Romanian News Agency: The Rosia Montana gold mining project is one of the important files on which the Government has to take a decision, but the procedure on the establishment of environmental liabilities was not completed yet, Environment Minister Rovana Plumb told a private...